ComicDoc

Yes, change it for the New Year, Summer, Halloween and Thanksgiving - BUT I also REALLY like Christmas too!

My 2015 Christmas display is done and I wanted to share.

View from my desk of the stairs leaving the upper comic room heading down stairs

Coming down the stairs side wall

Close up of the wall coming down the stairs #1

Close up of the wall coming down the stairs #2

Side wall at the bottom of the stairs

Display on the top of the front wall of the comic room

Display in the middle of the front wall at the bottom of the stairs

Display at the bottom of the front wall at the bottom of the stairs

View from the landing heading down the stairs

Right side of the lower level of the comic room (viewed from the stairs)

Center display in between the two comic tombs

Close up of the book display in the lower level of the comic room

Close up of the glass display in the lower level of the comic room

Left Side of the lower level of the comic room (viewed from the stairs)

Back wall (just for completion sake)

Upstairs Family Room Display Case #1

Upstairs family room display case #2

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!!

Did a recent land / room grab and acquired another room for my comics, without relinquishing my old space!

 

Here is a tour of the new space:

 

 

Display wall (not sure if IKEA still makes this anymore but it is perfect - forgot the name too!)

 

 

 

 

Nice and clean, I like!

 

Does anyone know what stands are being used to hold up the slabs?

Collectible Grading Authority Acrylic Cases. http://www.cgagrading.com/OnlineStore/Catalog.aspx?CategoryId=51

more of the whole house than a comic book room...

 

 

 

 

WOW!!

I see you have a different slant on decorating!!!

ComicDoc that is awesome

 

 

+1

This is my old space now a little more decongested

Heading upstairs:

Main comic area from the stairs

Looking from the back wall towards the stairs

Going down the stairs displays

Side wall

Center piece

Side shelf / work area

Back wall

Coming out of the room this is the wall right outside to the left of the door entering the upstairs family room

Coming out of the room this is the far wall of the upstairs family room

Door from the family room to hall

This is to the right of the door

And the last display is in our fireplace room downstairs

I figure if I am going to spend my money on this stuff I want to enjoy it!!!

Did a recent land / room grab and acquired another room for my comics, without relinquishing my old space!

Here is a tour of the new space:

Entering

To the right

To the left

From the far right looking towards the left

From the far left looking towards the right

Display wall (not sure if IKEA still makes this anymore but it is perfect - forgot the name too!)

Comic tomb and Granite the munchkin cat!

Top of the Comic Tombs

Peter Rabbit Easter Parade Avon 1952

Does anyone have a copy of this book and if so please share the scan!

Thanks for taking the tour!

 

 

This was a few weeks ago. Almost done with it...

 

 

 

Nice room! I was wondering about the blue/gray boxes on the credenza where did you get them and do they fit two rows of books?

Some pages ago their was a link to a site that sells some nice Comic book drawers does anyone have the link

 

You mean dis one?

that's one of the site's. The one I was looking for the upper part of the cabinet can be use to show statues

http://www.geek-design.net/zencart2/

Thanks for the compliments! As we get two plus feet of snow I am definitely dreaming of the summer and ryding my syder again!

Not all this week but last few weeks and most are on display on the Christmas wall 2012 link: Christmas Wall 2012

ENJOY!

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Merry Christmas to everyone.

I wanted to share my Christmas 2012 display. I added some new books, comic art and hope that the display adds to the Christmas spirit of joy, hope and giving!

God Bless and a Merry Christmas to all!!

Bernard

The side wall coming down the stairs before Christmas

The side wall coming down the stairs after Christmas (thanks to my not so secret santa - Zeman!)

Front wall coming down the stairs top to bottom

Comic Art on the front wall at the Bottom of the stairs

Comic Art on the other side wall heading up the stairs from the office

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The "overhead" wall leaving the Comic Loft and heading into the office

This is the wall in the office as you head towards the Comic Loft stairs

This is on the same wall after you leave the office and enter the living room.

This is the upstairs Christmas tree with the Christmas books behind and to the side. ( the upstairs living room is just outside the office area)

Oh yeah almost forgot ComicDoc's alter ego is now SpyderDoc as this is my new Sleigh (few months old - pictures at Hampton Beach NH a few weeks ago!)

Just order one of these:

 

 

And one of these, only 3 rows of drawers instead of 2:

 

 

I'm excited - but I have to wait 8 to 12 weeks....

Has your cabinet arrived yet?

Nice covers!

I am always looking for holiday covers with Archie etc. Any extras?

Recently reconfigured my comic loft / room. Changed over from my plastic boxes to drawer boxes to save some space. Here are some pix for your review. The pictures are set up in order of walking up the stairs and then turning and going back down. BTW if there are two of the same perspective it is due to different cameras and I wanted to test the different quality.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Man I know thats from a post a long long time ago - nice to see Captain Britain's!

I'm English so wahey! The originals are still around for 10 -20 quid - some with mask still inside etc as are the Knights of Pendragon follow-ups (with Union Jack).

 

I preferred the original ones anyway, even if the "Bad Guys" were total Gash!

 

Nice pics. (thumbs u

My low grade mega key wall is nearly complete. I am just planning on swapping the ST 110, with a FF 1, which is being graded. The final spot is for AF 15 (just purchased).

 

I want a JIM 83 and Hulk 1, but there's no room for those. ::

Wow just wow! Love the ceiling detail too.

Hey guys, I bind too. Have about 10 binds completed and another 20-30 prepared for binding once I get back in the money.

 

There are lots of options for binding here in the states, you can find most of them mentioned in the link Kenners provided. Some of the better know ones are Single Bound Studios (with the great David Banks), Hauchen and others.

 

Its a good idea to investigate if there is a book binder who would do your binding projects locally since a decent part of the cost ends up being shipping (even when using media mail, which some binderies do not).

 

As far as bound collections being worth more than the sum of their parts... well its very hit and miss. The biggest example was a Miracleman binding that went for (if I'm remembering correctly) around $1000. The guy probably doubled his money, depending on how much he paid for some of the key issues. But since there there have been multiple binds of the same subject so their uniqueness is going downhill.

 

Most binding collectors are trade readers so the more valuable binds are those that have a lot of interest, but for some reason have no TPB/HC collections (or they are long OOP, like Miracleman). Of late I've seen single binds of low-interest material (Ravage 2099) go for $16 on ebay (and thats was with a Stan Lee signature in it!) which doesnt even cover the costs of originally shipping the comics back and forth from the binder, much less a basic bind ($30ish) plus the cost of the books. Similarly a bind collection with lots of interest (an Avengers run that chronicled from Disassembled all the way thru Heroic Age) may not have interest because there are ready made HCs available (this collection of 10 binds went for over $300, but again didnt cover cost of production and materials)

 

There are the occasional binds that hit the perfect spot of interest w/o available trades and enough bidders to drive up a price to $100 for a book. But again when you factor in the cost of the 20-30 books ($1ea or $3 off the shelf) plust the cost of binding ($30) and two way shipping ($20) you just break north of even at $100.

 

Binding is a lot of fun, and theres a sweet spot of books from the bronze/copper age that arent old enough to have nice Archives made, and arent new enough to be part of the modern TPB/HC collection churn. Or there are events from the past that dont have collections "the way you want" to read them, so you can do a custom bind.

 

My collection is sporatic at the moment including: 2 volume DC Who's Who, 3 Volume Gotham Central (bound before they started finally collecting this), 4 Volume Star Man (again bound before DC started collecting it), and some random love like: Atari Force, Resurrection Man, Human Target, etc...

 

My biggest bind is yet to come is a 15 or so volume collection starting with Green Lantern #90 (first post-Neal/Denny issue with Mike Grell) and running up to present day containing all Hal Jordan-centric comics (so skipping Kyle's time as GL).

I also don't like that covers are removed or ads from bound books and I would bind the books as a whole unit without removing anything. I have been in discussions with one bindery here in MA to do this. The problem is he does not do the volume to have all the graphics, stamps and imprints so I am limited on choices. Any ideas on where I could get some to have him use on my books?

What grade would you or Kenner recommend as the best for binding??

Your books look great! Love the Captain Britain volumes! Let me know if you ever want to part with them

 

By the way how do evaluate the value of bound books? Does the value go down dramaticly?

 

Thanks, ComicDoc. I might be tempted to part with those Captain Britain volumes. Make me an offer, Sir

 

It seems that binding comics doesnt make their value go down at all (actually seems to go up).

Your books look great! Love the Captain Britain volumes! Let me know if you ever want to part with them

By the way how do evaluate the value of bound books? Does the value go down dramaticly?

Here's a few closer shots of the comics I have up now and the shelves.

The one I purchased are the "City" Cube, which are wider but narrower so that it fit behind my door. Their website goes over the dimensions and I found Adam very easy to work with. Even switch to water based poly, I sent him a sheet from a conservation site that recommended it for added protection of the comics from the off gassing. Of course oak is one of the worse offenders but it is what I wanted, so hopefully I mitigated some of the detrimental effects with the water based poly.

 

which drawer is the "regular sized" one? I cant see a difference between the three.

Top drawer is regular size. If I buy again I would get all CGC size that way all the books with and without encapsulation would fit.

The one I purchased are the "City" Cube, which are wider but narrower so that it fit behind my door. Their website goes over the dimensions and I found Adam very easy to work with. Even switch to water based poly, I sent him a sheet from a conservation site that recommended it for added protection of the comics from the off gassing. Of course oak is one of the worse offenders but it is what I wanted, so hopefully I mitigated some of the detrimental effects with the water based poly.